San Jose Municipal Code Part 3 Positions

A. The city manager may establish new positions in any department and assign them functions, duties and responsibilities, subject to fiscal or other limitations established by Charter or the council.

B. A new position shall be deemed established when the city manager files with the director an order to establish the position that includes the proposed title and a description of general duties, responsibilities and functions, in sufficient detail to enable the director to properly classify the position. New positions may not be filled until classified by the director.

(Prior code § 2003.2; Ord. 26850.)

A. Changes in duties, responsibilities and functions of a position can be made by the city manager or the head of the department in which the position is located, subject to any limitations established by Charter or the council.

B. If and when the general duties, responsibilities and functions of a position are substantially and permanently changed, the head of the department in which the position is located shall report the change to the director. The director will then determine if reallocation is warranted.

C. A change in specific functions, responsibilities, duties or work assigned to a holder of a particular position shall not be considered substantial if the new functions still fall within, or are covered by, the class specifications of the class to which the position is currently allocated.

(Prior code § 2003.3; Ord. 26850.)

Subject to the limitations or controls established by Charter or the council, the city manager may abolish any position in any department of the city whenever he/she deems the position not to be reasonably necessary.

(Prior code § 2003.4; Ord. 26850.)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 29879, § 1, adopted Feb. 28, 2017, repealed § 3.04.490, which pertained to police and fire employee positions and derived from Ord. 29396.